Larry Whiteside the longtime Red Sox beat reporter for the Boston Globe passed away on Friday. He was the Jackie Robinson of baseball writers.

one of best deadline writers who ever lived..

he wrote the following in less than 20 minutes to make the Sunday paper
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/playoffs04/1986_playoffs/ws_game6_soxmets/?page=full (http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/playoffs04/1986_playoffs/ws_game6_soxmets/?page=full)

RIP Sides :whiner:

Mr. Whiteside, who died at age 69 yesterday at Kindred Hospital-Boston in Brighton after a lengthy illness, was hired by the Globe in 1973 and quickly became the only African-American reporter covering a major league baseball team on a daily basis for a major